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C. L. BATCHELOR.

' BED. APPLICATION FILED ocT. 2s. 1921.

1,415,978. I v Patented May16,1922.

is in use without detaching said case PATENT OFFICE. i

oHanLns Li. raronnnon, or PORTLAND, cannon.

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To all whom it 1721({1/ concern:

Be it known that I, Crmnnns L. BaronnLoR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portland, county of Multnomah, State of Ore on, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Beds, of which the following is a specification.

Vly invention relates to beds in general, and particularly to beds used for camping purposes, especially with automobiles, the object being to provide a bed adapted to be attached to an automobile and that may be unfolded for use or folded for transportation without detaching the bed from the automobile, and also to provide a covering case p for the bed in transportation that may be easily converted into a pillow when the bed from the automobile. i p

I accomplish the above object by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which is a part of this application for Letters Patent, like characters of: reference indicating like parts through out the several views thereof, and in which: Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my device, ready for use.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view'of the same folded and ready to be stowed for transportation. y

.F i 3 is a perspective view of the same comp etely stowed away.

Fig. 4: is a fragmentary view. of the detail construction.

My device is attached to the running board of the automobile, said running board being shown at'5 and the running board shield at U in the drawing. The running board 5 serves as the head of my bed, and for the foot I provide a transversely disposed bar thereof to the bar 7. Said strips are shown at 12, and may be of any suitable material, preferably elastic webbing. Scorn-ed to said k 7 supported by legs 8. Said legs 8 are hingedat Specification of Letters Patent. Patgnted pla 16, 1922 Application filed. October 25, 1921. Serial No. 510,218.

strips at suitable intervals are a plurality of transversely disposed slats 13.

To stretch the strips 12 I provide a bail 14; upon the bar 7 adapted to have a rope or other flexible member 15 stretched between said bail and a stake 16 driven into the ground.

When the bed is not in use it may be rolled up and plac d beneath the running board without detaching the strips 12 from the rod 10, as shown in Fig. 2. A. cover 17 is provided, attacljied to the strips 2 adj a cent the rod 10 as shown in Fig. 4, and having end tabs 17. \Vhcn the bed has been folded as shown in Fig. 2 said cover is tucked about the bed members and the end tabs thereof folded about the ends of the bed members, thus completely cnilolding said bed members away from the dust of travel. When thus enfolded within the cover 17 the whole is sug iported beneath the running board 5 by means of suitabl straps 18.

When the bed members are unfolded and placed in position for use the cover may be folded back upon and above the running board and filled. with any suitable material, such as hay, straw, clothing or the like, and this forms a pillow asillustrated in Fig. 1.

My device may be made of any size and constructed of any materials deemed con venient and suitable for a device of this character, and while I have illustrated and described a form of construction and arrangement of parts foui'id desirable in materializing my invention, 1 wish to include in. this applitaititm all meclninical equivalents and substii lites that may fairly be considered.

to come within. the scope and pin'view of my invention as defined in the appended claims. Having disclosed my invention so that others may be enabled to construct and to use the same, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1.. A. folding bed supported at one end thereof upon the running board of an automobile and adapted to be folded there-beneath, in combination with a cover attached to said bed and adapted to encase said bed when so folded. and to form a pillow casing for saidbed when the same is in use.

i 2. In combination with a foldable bed attached to an automobile running board and foldablc therebeneath: a sheet of. flexible ma terial secured to said bed adjacent the running board and having end tabs thereon, and

adapted to encase said bed When the latter is I county of Multnomah, State of Oregon, this folded beneath the running board and to 12th day of Oct, 1921. form a pillow casing upon the running board when the bed is in use. 7 CHARLES L. BATCHELOR.

Inwitness whereof I claim the foregoing Witnesses: as my own I hereunto afiix my signature in L. J. ROBINSON, the presence of two Witnesses at Portland, 0. F. BLAKE. 

